There’s a big sale going on in Amazon’s MP3 Store, but as always, we can’t be sure how long these discount prices will last. So if you see anything you like here, you should probably grab it while it’s on sale. Note that, with the exception of Pearl Jam’s 10, all the MP3 albums listed below are also … Read more
From now through the end of the month (that’s 11:59pm PM PST on 1/31/13), Amazon is running a $5 Albums To Fill Your Cloud promotion featuring hundreds of MP3 albums priced at $5. Fans of stand-up comedy rejoice, because there are a lot of great comedy titles on the list! Note that with the exception … Read more
Great news for those of you who are making the transition from CDs to digital music, or those who use both formats: Amazon has announced its new Auto-rip service for CDs. From Amazon’s press release: ———————————— SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 10, 2013– (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced the launch of Amazon AutoRip, a new service that gives customers … Read more
I’m a fan of Anne Rice, but after reading the first three books in her Vampire Chronicles series I was a little vampire-d out. Still, I’m a HUGE fan of historical fiction as well and when, some years later, I came across the Audible audiobook edition of her Cry To Heaven (4.5/5 stars average Amazon … Read more
For a limited time, Brandon Sanderson’s novella Legion in Audible Audiobook format (4.5/5 stars) is available for free! From Amazon: Brandon Sanderson is one of the most significant fantasists to enter the field in a good many years. His ambitious, multi-volume epics (Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive) and his stellar continuation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of … Read more
Full-cast recordings, or “dramatizations” of great books can elevate the material to a whole new level. Consider the following Audible titles: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, A Signature Performance By Tim Curry [Unabridged] (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $9.95 or 1 Audible member credit) – From Amazon: This version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, … Read more
At long last, J.R.R. Tolkein’s Middle Earth masterworks are all available in unabridged audiobook form from Audible, and all support the Whispersync for Voice feature. Whispersync for Voice allows readers to switch back and forth between the ebook and audiobook edition, with each edition “remembering” where you left off in the other. If you’ve got … Read more
Is Your New PC Having Problems With iTunes Download Helper? I recently got a new computer, and I found after I’d gotten it all set up and re-installed all my software, I could no longer download from Audible. My old computer and the new one were both the same brand, and both running Windows 7. Yet for … Read more